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reagan on social security reform we can add years of solvency and to medicare and do it and increase benefits like with obama care and we need both sides to be willing. i know the democrats are willing. president obama's willing to sit down at the table. what we don't need to do i can tell you is cut benefits. that's something that i don't think is the first thing that should be put forward. we have a lot of opportunity to continue to make reforms in medicare, make sure we build in more efficiencies to the program so we can add the years of solvency. >> what about eligibility age change? >> well, eligibility age change would fall in the realm of benefit cuts. we need to focus like i said first on making sure we build in more efficiencies to the program. we have been able to from obama care make sure that with that $716 billion in savings plowed in to waste, fraud and abuse -- fighting waste, fraud and abuse we have collected more than $10 billion in fraudulent medicare payments and we can make more progress in that area, as well. >> thank you so much. i greatly appreciate you joining
reagan on social security reform we can add years of solvency and to medicare and do it and increase benefits like with obama care and we need both sides to be willing. i know the democrats are willing. president obama's willing to sit down at the table. what we don't need to do i can tell you is cut benefits. that's something that i don't think is the first thing that should be put forward. we have a lot of opportunity to continue to make reforms in medicare, make sure we build in more...
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ronald reagan directing . >> come here to this gate. mr. gorbechov, open this gate. mr. gorbechov, tear down this wall. >> 25 years ago today. doris, how important is to let presidents speak in their own voice and follow their instincts rather than having someone tell them what they can and cannot say. >> ronald reagan understanding that the kind of tone, that simple statement could become a shorthand for what eventually happened. you have a partnership between gorbechov and reagan. you have an arms race. the memory of all of us will be those simple words, "tear down this wall." presidents understand how to communicate to the community. we need to trust them more sometimes as they call them the pinstripe diplomats. >> that is why they got elected. we have seen the good and the bad. thank you very much. doris goodwin. thank you. we'll be right back. ♪ [music plays] ♪ [music plays] that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. particularly on capitol hill. that is where lawmakers and eric holder are sparring ov
ronald reagan directing . >> come here to this gate. mr. gorbechov, open this gate. mr. gorbechov, tear down this wall. >> 25 years ago today. doris, how important is to let presidents speak in their own voice and follow their instincts rather than having someone tell them what they can and cannot say. >> ronald reagan understanding that the kind of tone, that simple statement could become a shorthand for what eventually happened. you have a partnership between gorbechov and...
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reagan was asked if he had anything to say to the people in the country who did not vote for him and who did not feel that they were part of the reagan revolution. he was also asked about nancy reagan falling down and bumping her head right before the election. he said that she had a tender lump on the side of her head, but that she would be fine. in president clinton's first press conference, after he was re-elected to a second term, the president started to answer a question about the role of first lady hillary clinton in the second clinton term, before he sort of diverted himself into talking about just how damned tired he was. >> well, let me answer the question about hillary. i think what first lady will do is something that i think it will be consistent with what she's been doing, but we have not, frankly, we've been too tired to talk about it. yesterday, i'm embarrassed to tell the american people, i actually slept past noon. i was tired. >> there's no shame in that. >> in the first press conference that george w. bush gave after he was re-elected in 2004, the president gave a
reagan was asked if he had anything to say to the people in the country who did not vote for him and who did not feel that they were part of the reagan revolution. he was also asked about nancy reagan falling down and bumping her head right before the election. he said that she had a tender lump on the side of her head, but that she would be fine. in president clinton's first press conference, after he was re-elected to a second term, the president started to answer a question about the role of...
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he went in there with one goal, like ronald reagan used to do, i want one headline, don't let the middle class be held hostage. he repeated it over and over again. >> reporter: he said it 19 times. >> he didn't want the headline to be switched by adversarial press or neutral press that didn't to want go with his line to say him, adamantings president adamant on rich paying 39.6%. maybe that's why you softened up to you. just an interpretation. >> reporter: i can tell you congressional republicans were happy with his response. they like to know there is some give. here's where the give could be, chris. nobody's talked about this. i mean, there's been some behind the scenes chatter on this, which is you could see tax rates temporarily go up just not all the way to 39%. it could be somewhere in the middle. ends up being the compromise for the one year. don't forget, this is all about setting the tax rates simply for 2013, while they negotiate larger tax reform. so, that could be what the wiggle room is. obviously, republicans have said they don't want to raise tax rates at all. they're fine
he went in there with one goal, like ronald reagan used to do, i want one headline, don't let the middle class be held hostage. he repeated it over and over again. >> reporter: he said it 19 times. >> he didn't want the headline to be switched by adversarial press or neutral press that didn't to want go with his line to say him, adamantings president adamant on rich paying 39.6%. maybe that's why you softened up to you. just an interpretation. >> reporter: i can tell you...
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as we did in the lower court and by a judge who was first appointed by ronald reagan and then later by george bush. and then won at the appellate level and now it's reached the supreme court. and there's no question where the country's headed on this issue. in fact, the government, political leaders and the courts are catching up where the american public is on this issue. >> let's talk about what pete williams was reporting over the weekend. there are as many as 1,000 different benefits denied to gay partners where gay marriage is not allowed. >> that's exactly right. there are rights and benefits and privileges denied to lgbt, gay and lesbian couples, simply because of who they are. edie and her partner together over 40 years and unfortunately when her partner, wife, passed away, she was given a bill by the united states government for over $300,000. >> estate taxes. >> estate taxes. a straight couple would not have received that bill. it's simply unfair. if you look at the plaintiffs in this case, chris and sandy have two twin boys and just entering high school when we filed this ca
as we did in the lower court and by a judge who was first appointed by ronald reagan and then later by george bush. and then won at the appellate level and now it's reached the supreme court. and there's no question where the country's headed on this issue. in fact, the government, political leaders and the courts are catching up where the american public is on this issue. >> let's talk about what pete williams was reporting over the weekend. there are as many as 1,000 different benefits...
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it was interesting he quoted ronald reagan on the floor yesterday to point out social security has nothing to do with the deficit or balancing budgets, payroll tax that employers and employees pay into the trust fund that finances that and it should not even be discussed in these negotiations. but furthermore, this whole election, this whole national election was a referendum on the republicans' ideas expressed so well by mitt romney by the way yesterday afternoon when he talked about with such contempt for people who might need college loans, or health care, god forbid. and, you know, this election showed americans are completely opposed to the proposed reforms by the republicans on medicare and social security. they don't want entitlements changed or touched. and they want to see the top% pay some taxes. like they did in the clinton era. so if their elected representatives come in and within a week they're talking about changing entitlements and not raising taxes on the very rich, it's not just liberals who will be disappointed. this is whole country here that are behind what obama and t
it was interesting he quoted ronald reagan on the floor yesterday to point out social security has nothing to do with the deficit or balancing budgets, payroll tax that employers and employees pay into the trust fund that finances that and it should not even be discussed in these negotiations. but furthermore, this whole election, this whole national election was a referendum on the republicans' ideas expressed so well by mitt romney by the way yesterday afternoon when he talked about with such...
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mitt romney is not ronald reagan. what was striking is how many republicans were willing to say on the record that the comparison just doesn't cut the mustard. those things you just mentioned. the economy is so much weaker, very different electorate. ronald reagan didn't have a tough primary battle the way that mitt romney did. but the biggest difference between these two elections is that the country was so different then. the south was still considered democratic. it was only beginning to trend republican. so the week before the election, you had ronald reagan c campaigning in new york city trying to win new york. jimmy carter was campaigning in texas, unimaginable today. it was a very different map, and that's one of the reasons that it's so hard for romney to win this election. what's amazing is we've seen republicans make this ronald reagan comparison before. about four years ago when john mccain fell in the polls, his people also trying to draw that comparison. >> to your point, let me put up the screen on the r
mitt romney is not ronald reagan. what was striking is how many republicans were willing to say on the record that the comparison just doesn't cut the mustard. those things you just mentioned. the economy is so much weaker, very different electorate. ronald reagan didn't have a tough primary battle the way that mitt romney did. but the biggest difference between these two elections is that the country was so different then. the south was still considered democratic. it was only beginning to...
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in 1976 ronald reagan told stories about the so-called welfare queen in an effort to scare white voters. and the very same lee atwater made the willie horton ad a key part of george h.w. bush's 1988 bid for the white house. and in 2012 the same ugliness took center stage in the gop primary. >> we know president obama is the best food stamp president in american history. >> i don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. i want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money. >> you're doing it because you care about america. paul and i have not promised you a bigger check from the government. >> as atwater said, the message is coded. but what he's getting at is crystal clear. joining me now is toure, host of "the cycle" here on msnbc, and the man who tracked down the atwater tape, james carter iv. he's an opposition researcher and the grandson of president jimmy carter. thank you both for coming on the show. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> james, first of all, tell us how you got your hands on this tape. >> well, i started looking for it a
in 1976 ronald reagan told stories about the so-called welfare queen in an effort to scare white voters. and the very same lee atwater made the willie horton ad a key part of george h.w. bush's 1988 bid for the white house. and in 2012 the same ugliness took center stage in the gop primary. >> we know president obama is the best food stamp president in american history. >> i don't want to make black people's lives better by giving them somebody else's money. i want to give them the...
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my life has been so much in the publicsector, and if i say i worked with ronald reagan to develop a jobs plan that's demonstrable. and if i say we worked with president clintonnd we had unemployment come down to 4.2% and balancedthe budget for four straight years, and that's out in the open. governor romney should be held to the same test of bei out in e open. >> do you beeve governor omney is aood businessman and has been a good businessman, don't you? >> sure. i think he's a tough and smart businessman. and the question is what is his character and what w hi judgment? how does that relate to being president? are there legitimate questions that can be asd that ought to be answered by somebody who wants to be president. it's a question about how you approach people. how you approach circumstances, what values you bring to bear, and those are legitimate questions if all ofs are running for president and people should know it before they vote, because the presidency is such a central position in our society th you want to know what does ts person think, what are they doing, and what values
my life has been so much in the publicsector, and if i say i worked with ronald reagan to develop a jobs plan that's demonstrable. and if i say we worked with president clintonnd we had unemployment come down to 4.2% and balancedthe budget for four straight years, and that's out in the open. governor romney should be held to the same test of bei out in e open. >> do you beeve governor omney is aood businessman and has been a good businessman, don't you? >> sure. i think he's a tough...
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and ronald reagan recessed to appoint people. listen, the point is this, the president is entitled by our constitution to appoint people. the republicans have made it so that the national labor relations board, they didn't want it to even work, and he had to do recess appointments there. cordray. that's what this is all about. that's why it was such a good move by the president. i am confident that the president's recess appointments will be upheld in the courts. without any question, i think that will be the case. >> let me go through some issues if i can. >> let me ask you -- >> if i could say, the recess appointment is something that i came up with during the bush years, but the reason bush didn't do recess appointments during the time we had the recess is because i worked with him, and we gave president bush hundreds and hundreds of people. he didn't have to worry about recess appointments because we were working with him, and i believe the man that i believe now the president has the right to make appointment. >> you talk ab
and ronald reagan recessed to appoint people. listen, the point is this, the president is entitled by our constitution to appoint people. the republicans have made it so that the national labor relations board, they didn't want it to even work, and he had to do recess appointments there. cordray. that's what this is all about. that's why it was such a good move by the president. i am confident that the president's recess appointments will be upheld in the courts. without any question, i think...
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what we're saying here is we need to do exactly what ronald reagan did with tip o'neill. show the leadership to get in the room and make the changes. same as bill clinton did with newt gingrich. get in the room and make the changes that are needed to make this. look, we faced bigger problems before, and we have been able to overcome them. i believe we can do this one more time. >> senator, the politics of this are also quite interesting and also part of the calculation. the treasury secretary saying, sure, absolutely, the president will go over the cliff if that's what it takes. when push comes to shove, you really think that's the white house position? they want to risk recession as well just to drive home the point about raising taxes? >> the president wants to solve the problem. that's what he said during the campaign. that's what he is saying now. we cannot lurch as we have for the past two years from one crisis to another. think of all the times that sea party republicans and speaker boehner threatened to shut down the economy, shut down the government over the debt
what we're saying here is we need to do exactly what ronald reagan did with tip o'neill. show the leadership to get in the room and make the changes. same as bill clinton did with newt gingrich. get in the room and make the changes that are needed to make this. look, we faced bigger problems before, and we have been able to overcome them. i believe we can do this one more time. >> senator, the politics of this are also quite interesting and also part of the calculation. the treasury...
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this worked great for ronald reagan in political terms. this was one of the main issues he rode to power on in the 1970s. even as people in his own party, even his own friends, saw what he was doing as disgusting and craven and bad for the country. quoting from a book about this chapter of history that i wrote, while william f. buckley and america's beloved tough guy, john wayne, yes that john wayne, campaigned full on for the rat faction of the treaty, reagan said the loss of the panama canal would contribute to encirclement of the united states by hostile naval forces and thereby threaten our ability to survive. even after john wayne sent reagan a private and personal note offering to show him point by goddamn point in the treaty where you are misinforming people and offering fair warning that's it's time for him to shut his pie hole, if you continue to publish these remarks, someone will release the letter saying that you're not as thorough in your reviewing of this or you're damned obtuse when it comes to reading the english language.
this worked great for ronald reagan in political terms. this was one of the main issues he rode to power on in the 1970s. even as people in his own party, even his own friends, saw what he was doing as disgusting and craven and bad for the country. quoting from a book about this chapter of history that i wrote, while william f. buckley and america's beloved tough guy, john wayne, yes that john wayne, campaigned full on for the rat faction of the treaty, reagan said the loss of the panama canal...
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>> ronald reagan. >> you got it. >> ronald reagan, 1980. >> '84. >> that's right. i think you both get a sticker for that one. ronald reagan in 1984 and obviously, he was at the time 73. he was running against mondale who was 56. cleaned mondale's clock. age was not used against reagan. >>> parker is back. >> nothing but a number. >> nothing but a number. parker is back for the second one. >> i knew jack kennedy. jack kennedy was a friend of mine. senator, you're no jack kennedy. >> jamaal. >> lloyd benson in the vice presidential debate and you remembered it was lloyd benson. good job. >> nerdland for a reason. >> what state, jamaal? >> he was from texas. >> does anybody remember what dan quayle said in response? >> he said that's uncalled for. >> that's exactly it. >> crawl under the podium. >> after the laughing subsided in the crowd. >> that was a pretty good one. >> i think that's my best. >> he's being polite. he's not hitting his bell until she is through. >> here's the next parker video. >> george bush taking credit for the berlin wall coming down is like t
>> ronald reagan. >> you got it. >> ronald reagan, 1980. >> '84. >> that's right. i think you both get a sticker for that one. ronald reagan in 1984 and obviously, he was at the time 73. he was running against mondale who was 56. cleaned mondale's clock. age was not used against reagan. >>> parker is back. >> nothing but a number. >> nothing but a number. parker is back for the second one. >> i knew jack kennedy. jack kennedy was a friend...
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reagan was with the blowing up of the u.s. marines in beirut. >> this administration continues to put out things that are just not quite true. >> smear, character assassination, judgment before all the facts are in. >> we're getting that video in. house and senate committees will both hearings tomorrow as we reported a few minutes ago. former cia director david petraeus is expected to testify. you see some of the tone and tenor of what will perhaps happen behind closed doors tomorrow. i'm tamron hall. you can watch "news nation" every day 2:00 p.m. eastern time. "the cycle" is up next. into their work, their name on the door, and their heart into their community. small business saturday is a day to show our support. a day to shop at stores owned by our friends and neighbors. and do our part for the businesses that do so much for us. on november 24th, let's get out and shop small. challenge the need for such heavy measures with olay. regenerist micro-sculpting serum for firmer skin in 5 days. pretty heavy lifting for such a lig
reagan was with the blowing up of the u.s. marines in beirut. >> this administration continues to put out things that are just not quite true. >> smear, character assassination, judgment before all the facts are in. >> we're getting that video in. house and senate committees will both hearings tomorrow as we reported a few minutes ago. former cia director david petraeus is expected to testify. you see some of the tone and tenor of what will perhaps happen behind closed doors...
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since ronald reagan it's been liberals that adjusted to conservative ideas. the beginning of that was bill clinton saying the era of big government is over. i think this is the first time in three decades where conservatives have been pushed or forced by the reality of politics and an election results to aadjust their ideas to the other side's ideas. they're running away from the idea that the only people who matter are those rich job creators, and they're running away from the idea that they can always just trash government. both of them spoke of the essential role of government. i think this is more important than it looks if you only write it off as rhetoric. >> i absolutely agree. i think it that point it's always been working the other way, democrats bending to republican rhetoric over the last few deck kuds is true. i want to look at how quickly this conversion is occurring in the republican world. let's lynn to paul ryan before the mitt romney backlash on the whole 47%. >> we can become a society where the net majority of americans are takers and not m
since ronald reagan it's been liberals that adjusted to conservative ideas. the beginning of that was bill clinton saying the era of big government is over. i think this is the first time in three decades where conservatives have been pushed or forced by the reality of politics and an election results to aadjust their ideas to the other side's ideas. they're running away from the idea that the only people who matter are those rich job creators, and they're running away from the idea that they...
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. >> mark, mitt romney did the same thing ronald reagan had to do in 1980. we remember the '80 debate, those old enough, and everybody loves to talk about how ronald reagan wiped the floor with jimmy carter. he didn't. he had a couple of extraordinary moments, but it was neck and neck. there were a few -- but last night, this is what mitt romney had to do. he had to prove that he was not crazy. you know, gerald ford in 1976 said governor reagan won't get us into war, president reagan will. his own party knocked him as this crazy sort of cowboy. the fascist gun in the west a lot of people would say. reagan diffused that, same thing mitt romney did last night. for swing voters watching last night, that's the message he had to deliver. >> that's why, i think, although the president clearly won on points in the room, if there's an impact on the race, it seems to me if mitt romney did really achieve that. again, not just last night, but over the three debates, i think he came across as someone who a lot of people could see as president and moved to the question o
. >> mark, mitt romney did the same thing ronald reagan had to do in 1980. we remember the '80 debate, those old enough, and everybody loves to talk about how ronald reagan wiped the floor with jimmy carter. he didn't. he had a couple of extraordinary moments, but it was neck and neck. there were a few -- but last night, this is what mitt romney had to do. he had to prove that he was not crazy. you know, gerald ford in 1976 said governor reagan won't get us into war, president reagan...
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ronald reagan said no to war with the soviet unn. ronald reagan actually sd y toucbe of nuclear weapons in both sides arsenal's. ronald reagan was a figure almost more comfortable in barack obama's democratic party and his wing -- >> don't say that too loudly. >> check your twitter feed. just exploded >> whaveoe b b we are waiting for the president to speak at the clinton global initiative. meanwhile, president obama and governor romney also spoke at nbc's education nation summit. big times. we will discuss their remarks. also paul ryan weighs in on the last night's nfl controversy and brin itk toue president obama. all of that is next on "now." want to try to crack it? yeah, that's the way to do it! owe need itbire a little bit more vanilla? this is great! [ male announcer ] at humana, we believe there's never been a better time to share your passions... becausthe results... are you having fun doing this? yeah. that's a very nic cake! [ale announcer ] well, you can't beat them. [ giggles ] ohh! the value of spending time together th
ronald reagan said no to war with the soviet unn. ronald reagan actually sd y toucbe of nuclear weapons in both sides arsenal's. ronald reagan was a figure almost more comfortable in barack obama's democratic party and his wing -- >> don't say that too loudly. >> check your twitter feed. just exploded >> whaveoe b b we are waiting for the president to speak at the clinton global initiative. meanwhile, president obama and governor romney also spoke at nbc's education nation...
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bush when he was re-elected and bill clinton and ronald reagan when he was re-elected. the president can deal with the market's concerns about whether he needs to reach a deal by doing that. >> let me reiterate what we were talking about earlier this hour, you all in particular have been discussing and looking at cabinet decisions. we have reported that there has been conversation about the future of david petraeus. that he was, according to all reports from people out in langley, at the white house yesterday, and, in fact, canceled a very important meeting scheduled with outside visitors telling them -- the staff telling them he'd gone to see the president. apparently that was not the case. he was seeing somebody else in the white house, the national security team presumably. there has been conversation according to senior officials about the future of david petraeus, how long he'll stay in the administration. we have repeated that no resignation has been offered. none is apparently envisioned at this time. none has been requested. there is conversation about how long
bush when he was re-elected and bill clinton and ronald reagan when he was re-elected. the president can deal with the market's concerns about whether he needs to reach a deal by doing that. >> let me reiterate what we were talking about earlier this hour, you all in particular have been discussing and looking at cabinet decisions. we have reported that there has been conversation about the future of david petraeus. that he was, according to all reports from people out in langley, at the...
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glaring difference is ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times, in fact. the tax equity and fiscal responsibility act of 1982. the highway revenue act of 1982. the social security amendments of 1983. the railroad retirement revenue act of 1983. the deficit reduction act of 1984. the consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1985. the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1986. the superfund amendments and reauthorization act of 1986. the continuing resolution for 1987. the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1987 and the continuing resolution for 1988. that was the longest intro i have had since this show began. nicolle, it gave you plenty of time to think perhaps of the answer to this question, which is if mitt romney is a republican in the model of ronald reagan, do you think he will raise taxes? >> i want to go back to what you said about jeb bush, because what jeb bush was saying wasn't that reagan was too moderate to be a republican by today's standard. it was that he was too productive. what reagan did, and that list was a list of legislative
glaring difference is ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times, in fact. the tax equity and fiscal responsibility act of 1982. the highway revenue act of 1982. the social security amendments of 1983. the railroad retirement revenue act of 1983. the deficit reduction act of 1984. the consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1985. the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1986. the superfund amendments and reauthorization act of 1986. the continuing resolution for 1987. the omnibus budget...
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if you go back to 1980 at this point in the race, ronald reagan was down three points or four points in the gallup. mitt romney's basically tied or up one in the gallup polls. this thing has a long way to play out. the other thing, if you look at charlie cook and some independent prognosticators, they say there hasn't really been coattails anyway in the house. senate races are a little different animal than the house race. >> maybe the next chairman of the nrcc. republican from oregon, thanks for coming on. >>> apple's iphone 5 hits stores here in the u.s. about 90 minutes ago. does the phone frenzy boost wall street? it is a quadruple witching friday. becky quick, i grew up with learning these crazy witching fridays so -- so it is option friday. what are the three others? >> it is options and contracts and the futures and stock indexes on all of them. all four of them are expiring at the same time. usually that means you see some positive activity. in fact, if you looked at the quadruple witching fridays in september for the last eight years, ended up every single one of those times
if you go back to 1980 at this point in the race, ronald reagan was down three points or four points in the gallup. mitt romney's basically tied or up one in the gallup polls. this thing has a long way to play out. the other thing, if you look at charlie cook and some independent prognosticators, they say there hasn't really been coattails anyway in the house. senate races are a little different animal than the house race. >> maybe the next chairman of the nrcc. republican from oregon,...
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reagan, the same thing. the repetitiveness of this is what i did about the auto bailout, tell people what you did and how that relates to your next agenda. i don't think arguably that either candidate has really driven those points home and we have 18 days left to do it. just on foreign policy, a lot of things can happen between now and november 6th. but doesn't the president have to get this benghazi story straight and have a real narrative, not wait for the investigation, have an explanation of what went wrong and what won't go round the next time around. >> i think the conversation that you just had with kay bailey hutchison was instructive. the discussion about benghazi has deteriorated to the point it's literally on fox news they were trying to litigate calling something an act of terror is the same as calling it a terror act. we're getting down to this parsing of phrases in a way that i don't think actually connects with any voters who again haven't been paying a lot of very close yard by yard attentio
reagan, the same thing. the repetitiveness of this is what i did about the auto bailout, tell people what you did and how that relates to your next agenda. i don't think arguably that either candidate has really driven those points home and we have 18 days left to do it. just on foreign policy, a lot of things can happen between now and november 6th. but doesn't the president have to get this benghazi story straight and have a real narrative, not wait for the investigation, have an explanation...
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that all happened this day in 1979 when former california governor ronald reagan announced his third bid for the presidency and for the republican nomination and, of course, that one was successful. >>> the scandal continues to grow around david tpetraeus as his successor general john allen is now linked to the controversy or at least linked to some of the players. let's bring in our panel, political director for the grio.com, and columnist with bloomberg view, and stephanie is the president of emily's list and i also have james from the national journal who is out with a brand-new piece on this entire episode. so, james, i want to start with you because i thought this was a very striking -- you sort of write about -- trying to write about this from 30,000 feet, the impact on national security. this is what you write, no one is condoning what petraeus did, but there are a lot of self-righteous people holding him to a standard that not many people could meet without considering what he sacrificed because of the years of separation from his spouse and family, said one army general. the
that all happened this day in 1979 when former california governor ronald reagan announced his third bid for the presidency and for the republican nomination and, of course, that one was successful. >>> the scandal continues to grow around david tpetraeus as his successor general john allen is now linked to the controversy or at least linked to some of the players. let's bring in our panel, political director for the grio.com, and columnist with bloomberg view, and stephanie is the...
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certainly ronald reagan trashed jimmy carter but also said we can do so much better. and was always pushing the future of america. >> ronald reagan was an optimist at heart who made everybody feel in the conservative movement for sure, feel excited about the conservative agenda for the country. feel it was an optimistic thing. it was going to get the country going again. you don't sense that in anything other than a mechanical way from mitt romney. >> he's offering a power point. he's got 59 points about how to make the economy better. >> they're not conservative principles. they have to find a way to articulate a more conservative message. >> here comes the new biography on the guy. a new personal tale for romney on the trail this week is the time he spent as a mormon minister. here he was yesterday in atlanta. >> in my church, we don't have a professional ministry. so people are asked to serve as the minister or the pastor of their congregation from time to time. i had a privilege of doing that for over ten years. and in that capacity, i had the chance to work with
certainly ronald reagan trashed jimmy carter but also said we can do so much better. and was always pushing the future of america. >> ronald reagan was an optimist at heart who made everybody feel in the conservative movement for sure, feel excited about the conservative agenda for the country. feel it was an optimistic thing. it was going to get the country going again. you don't sense that in anything other than a mechanical way from mitt romney. >> he's offering a power point....
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. >> this is, by the way, coming from someone who worked with ronald reagan. >> this is a reagan aide saying this about the republicans. >> well, i would say this, reverend. most important vote that will occur in this year will be the year -- the day when the senate adopts their rules for the next session. if they don't modify that filibuster rule which mitch mcconnell has used fairly well and they don't take away these holds on it, everything should be brought to a vote. if the president appoints somebody to be a judge, they ought to have their day where they are either voted up or down. and until you change those rules that the senate is operating under, we are paralyzed. we in the senate, we in the house pass things all the time. we send it over to the house, it dies simply because someone either puts a hold on it or the minority leader says i'm going to use a filibuster. if i were harry reid, i would jam those guys against the wall and make them go out there and actually do a filibuster. but this is all done -- it's sort of -- it's make belief filibusters. they're not real filibus
. >> this is, by the way, coming from someone who worked with ronald reagan. >> this is a reagan aide saying this about the republicans. >> well, i would say this, reverend. most important vote that will occur in this year will be the year -- the day when the senate adopts their rules for the next session. if they don't modify that filibuster rule which mitch mcconnell has used fairly well and they don't take away these holds on it, everything should be brought to a vote. if...
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like ronald reagan in 1984, he's drawing a dividing line. he's saying i stand for fairness. i'm going to fight for prosperity and the middle class and ordinary americans. that's my cause. and quite frankly, that's a great pushoff against mitt romney. >> what do you make of 50%? half the country says they approve of the guy. >> with unemployment still high, even though it's ticked down, unemployment is still high. people have given up looking for work. 50% is pretty good given the status of the economy. we have been talking about this since his jobs speech in september. the white house came up with a campaign on what they could do to convince americans that the president cared about the number one issue, and that is jobs. he was willing to fight for it and take it to the republicans. he's done all those three. and over that time period, his numbers have crept up pretty slowly, but in the right direction. while as you said about mitt romney, his numbers have come down because he's being compared not just against the economy, but president obama. >> what's changed, it's not tha
like ronald reagan in 1984, he's drawing a dividing line. he's saying i stand for fairness. i'm going to fight for prosperity and the middle class and ordinary americans. that's my cause. and quite frankly, that's a great pushoff against mitt romney. >> what do you make of 50%? half the country says they approve of the guy. >> with unemployment still high, even though it's ticked down, unemployment is still high. people have given up looking for work. 50% is pretty good given the...
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my god, you would have thought that i had knocked over a bust of ronald reagan. i'm not done. i've got a long list here. >> that's your problem. >> this is not about me. this is important to say. nobody was saying this, and they weren't saying this for a reason. right after the convention. i did a series of tweets, huffington post mutt it uput it they said romney's team's in trouble. they need to turn it around. it's slipping out of their grip quickly. they're in trouble. then finally the libyan press conference that he gave that was such a disaster, the next morning, i went out, i said, this is the worst thing, mark stein at "national review" and all these other people went crazy talking about how i was a rhino and i was this. it was stupidity. then they decided to come at us saying we doctored a tape and obsessed for a week over two seconds where we felt they said ryan, they thought they said romney. so while all of these conspiracy theories are spewing on the right and the conservative entertainment complex, barack obama's team is organizing. and they're targeting. and inst
my god, you would have thought that i had knocked over a bust of ronald reagan. i'm not done. i've got a long list here. >> that's your problem. >> this is not about me. this is important to say. nobody was saying this, and they weren't saying this for a reason. right after the convention. i did a series of tweets, huffington post mutt it uput it they said romney's team's in trouble. they need to turn it around. it's slipping out of their grip quickly. they're in trouble. then...
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bush also lost the texas primary to ronald reagan in 1980. >>> let's gather around the water cooler to talk about the government services administration's las vegas bender. we told you about this at the beginning of the week. they spent about $823,000 of taxpayer money on tray training conference in 2010 including clown, a mind reader, all kinds of bizarre stuff. the agency is under more scrutiny because a new video came out featuring an agency employee rapping about extravagant spending boasting that the agency will never get caught. the video was part of that 2010 conference in vegas submitted as part of the gsa's talent show contest where 300 competed for a top spot to have their video showcased at the event's final dinner flaunting that taxpayer cash. ♪ >> want my picture on gnc where i swear obama better prepare when i'm commissioner. ♪ i'd have a road show every time he see me rolling on 20 in nye gop, '61 all fun can't touch it ♪ att can't touch gs-15 guns i'd buy everything your field office can't afford ♪ ♪ i'll donate my vacation >> they're boasting about all the mo
bush also lost the texas primary to ronald reagan in 1980. >>> let's gather around the water cooler to talk about the government services administration's las vegas bender. we told you about this at the beginning of the week. they spent about $823,000 of taxpayer money on tray training conference in 2010 including clown, a mind reader, all kinds of bizarre stuff. the agency is under more scrutiny because a new video came out featuring an agency employee rapping about extravagant...
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so eisenhower, fdr, ronald reagan and barack obama. i think the idea that barack obama does not have a historic mandate when 44 men have been president and seven did what he did in two terms, he got 69 million votes the first time, 62 million votes the second time, i think he has a mandate. the things to be done that are great in this election happened to fall on the progressive side, in part because the republican party and conservatism has gone so far right things that used to be centrist, like environmentalism, which was a teddy roosevelt thing which even richard nixon was in favor of. >> john mccain. >> newt gingrich. >> these things have been now reclassed as liberal, right. the victories that the president has a chance to get which are historic, like on climate change, on immigration, are now progressive ideas because they've been left behind. >> it's now almost up to the republican party to grab a piece of that pie to say this is our victory too when in reality if they had done it earlier -- >> let's don't get in debate about th
so eisenhower, fdr, ronald reagan and barack obama. i think the idea that barack obama does not have a historic mandate when 44 men have been president and seven did what he did in two terms, he got 69 million votes the first time, 62 million votes the second time, i think he has a mandate. the things to be done that are great in this election happened to fall on the progressive side, in part because the republican party and conservatism has gone so far right things that used to be centrist,...
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. >>> after 40 years of anti-communist injective and reconciliation, ronald reagan finally set foot on soviet soil. the president passed stat use of lennon and other russian heroes. then in the intersanctum. i want healthy skin for life. [ female announcer ] improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula improves skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] only from aveeno. crazy, right ? well, with this droid razr by motorola on verizon 4g lte, you guys can stay in touch. ( grunts ) cool. you can video call on skype... send photos. yeah, okay. yeah, let's do it. get $100 off any motorola 4g lte smartphone, like the droid 4 now just $99.99. verizon. [ female announcer ] letting her home be turned into a training facility? ♪ this olympian's mom has been doing it for years. she's got bounty. in this lab demo, one sheet of new bounty leaves this surface cleaner than two sheets of the leading ordinary brand. bounty has trap and lock technology to soak up big spi
. >>> after 40 years of anti-communist injective and reconciliation, ronald reagan finally set foot on soviet soil. the president passed stat use of lennon and other russian heroes. then in the intersanctum. i want healthy skin for life. [ female announcer ] improve the health of your skin with aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. the natural oatmeal formula improves skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ]...
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ronald reagan talked about we don't have political enemies but political opponents. we were never able to look at each other as each o''s emmys. now we have a generation of politicians who honest to god look across the aisle and see the differences. they don't see us as americans. they do view each other as enemies and it's having a terrible, terrible impact in being able to govern the country. we have to focus on how to make this country more competitive in ten years, 20 years. >> it's going to be hard. steve schmidt? >> i think it's fast naying that john heilemann owes five emmys to steve's very existence. >> thank you, thank you steve, thank you very much. it's a great column. >> some man love going on. frank, that's great. thank you so much. >>> up next. they just received their star on hollywood walk of fame. we'll talk to two members of the legendary band heart next on "morning joe." if we want to improve our schools... ...what should we invest in? maybe new buildings? what about updated equipment? they can help, but recent research shows... ...nothing transfor
ronald reagan talked about we don't have political enemies but political opponents. we were never able to look at each other as each o''s emmys. now we have a generation of politicians who honest to god look across the aisle and see the differences. they don't see us as americans. they do view each other as enemies and it's having a terrible, terrible impact in being able to govern the country. we have to focus on how to make this country more competitive in ten years, 20 years. >> it's...
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well, in this instance, i'm a ronald reagan democrat. yes, trust but verify. and that's what we can't seem to get from this candidate. not even on his taxes. trust me, i paid my fair share. let's verify whether or not you did. let's take a look at your tax records before you decided to run for president. so we'll know whether or not you ought to be trusted. >> congressman james clyburn of south carolina. thank you so much, sir, for joining us. >> thank you so much for having me. >>> coming up, why is mitt romney so afraid of the women on "the view"? stay with us. >> thank you. finally a candidate with the courage to say half of all americans are free-loaders who believe they're entitled to food. what do they think, food grows on trees? no. we job creators know there is no such thing as a free lunch. lunch is $50,000 a plate. oh no, not a migraine now. try this... bayer? this isn't just a headache. trust me, this is new bayer migraine. [ male announcer ] it's the power of aspirin plus more in a triple action formula to relieve your tough migraines. new bayer mi
well, in this instance, i'm a ronald reagan democrat. yes, trust but verify. and that's what we can't seem to get from this candidate. not even on his taxes. trust me, i paid my fair share. let's verify whether or not you did. let's take a look at your tax records before you decided to run for president. so we'll know whether or not you ought to be trusted. >> congressman james clyburn of south carolina. thank you so much, sir, for joining us. >> thank you so much for having me....
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ronald reagan up here with the 7.2%. >> right. >> winning. you've got ford and carter and bush in '92 losing with almost the same unemployment rate. the democrats in 1952 losing with a 3% unemployment rate and we can go on. >> a lot of that also has to do with trend lines. obviously the top one with reagan from 10%, 11%. >> that's precisely the point. the previous chart, first chart on trends and it was a good predictor. second chart was level. >> okay. >> let's go to gdp growth. >> and by the way, that's difficult for the president because the unemployment rate exploded the first year or two under the president and then came down. >> that's difficult for the president? >> what i'm saying, i'm saying it's harder to predict about the trend lines for the president because when he came in, you know, we hadn't bottomed out yet. >> that's true. with reagan it went up and came back down. the problem with the president it's not coming down it's flatlining. the unemployment per se is flatlining and that's his problem. to gdp growth under obama has be
ronald reagan up here with the 7.2%. >> right. >> winning. you've got ford and carter and bush in '92 losing with almost the same unemployment rate. the democrats in 1952 losing with a 3% unemployment rate and we can go on. >> a lot of that also has to do with trend lines. obviously the top one with reagan from 10%, 11%. >> that's precisely the point. the previous chart, first chart on trends and it was a good predictor. second chart was level. >> okay. >>...
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this is the first president since ronald reagan to win the popular vote in two consecutive elections. they're trying to deny his legitimacy still. >> not all. >> grover norquist is. >> and speaker boehner has said they're ready to be led. >> thank god for one reasonable person. >> he says he's the most reasonable. >> we'll see what happens in january, though. he has that radical right wing tea party caucus to deal with in the house. i want to see them come to grips with reality. >> great pleasure having you both on. as people continue to suffer in the wake of hurricane sandy, thousands are homeless and without power. the american red cross is trying to push back against criticism from storm victims. >> they take people's hard-working money to assist people, and then when push comes to shove, they don't assist. >> so the red cross is not disputing that, but also calls its response, quote, flawless. many of the people you're looking at in that video do not believe the response has been flawless. we'll talk with nbc news senior investigative correspondent lisa myers regarding the red cro
this is the first president since ronald reagan to win the popular vote in two consecutive elections. they're trying to deny his legitimacy still. >> not all. >> grover norquist is. >> and speaker boehner has said they're ready to be led. >> thank god for one reasonable person. >> he says he's the most reasonable. >> we'll see what happens in january, though. he has that radical right wing tea party caucus to deal with in the house. i want to see them come to...
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because ronald reagan challenged gerald ford. they took their competition all the way to the convention floor with ford locking up 150 uncommitted delegates to take the win. chief among ford supporters at the convention, dick cheney and karl rove. >>> let's huddle around the water cooler to watch the introduction of president obama at a truck plant in mount holley, north carolina. plant employee juan smith, you'll love this guy, turns out is the associate pastor of his church. he had the honors of introducing the president. >> he is a man that really needs no introduction because of the great work he is doing here in our country and abroad. [ applause ] >> thank you, juan, for that introduction. i did not know he was a preacher. he must be at least a decon. i'll start, well. he was starting to get the spirit up here. i am going to take juan on the road to introduce me everywhere. can i hear an amen. >> amen. >> amen. >> turns out mr. smith is, in fact, an associate pastor at his church in gas tonya. his introduction was great. yo
because ronald reagan challenged gerald ford. they took their competition all the way to the convention floor with ford locking up 150 uncommitted delegates to take the win. chief among ford supporters at the convention, dick cheney and karl rove. >>> let's huddle around the water cooler to watch the introduction of president obama at a truck plant in mount holley, north carolina. plant employee juan smith, you'll love this guy, turns out is the associate pastor of his church. he had...
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>> i think he can point to ronald reagan. in 1994 he talked about tax fairness in the state of the union speech. this idea that people should be paying a fair rate i don't think is some, you know, wacky liberal idea. i think that's what most people believe in. i think it really pushes mitt romney into a corner and not only does he have to depefend paying less taxes, it's carried interests that benefit romney that he's going to have to deal with. i think it's a strong position for the president and his campaign to be pushing for. >> doug, susan, dana milbank, thanks to all three of you. >>> a group of students protesting in sanford, florida, right now calling for action in the trayvon martin case and calling for civil disobedience. >>> plus, with r. the republicans waging a war on women? top democrats disagree. i'm going ask the woman at the center of it all. we love gardening... yeah, but the feeling wasn't always mutual. i should be arrested for crimes against potted plant-kind. we're armed, and inexperienced. people call me
>> i think he can point to ronald reagan. in 1994 he talked about tax fairness in the state of the union speech. this idea that people should be paying a fair rate i don't think is some, you know, wacky liberal idea. i think that's what most people believe in. i think it really pushes mitt romney into a corner and not only does he have to depefend paying less taxes, it's carried interests that benefit romney that he's going to have to deal with. i think it's a strong position for the...
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reagan versus jimmy carter. >> it's a game of inches here. >> ronald reagan versus gerald ford in 1976. a campaign you can get really excited about. it's just not huge differences. by the way, i can say without a doubt that if mitt romney were sitting in barack obama's chair, on january 20th, he would have done a lot of the same things on the bailouts, a lot of the same things with detroit, he just would have. you know why? because george w. bush -- >> did a lot -- >> basically did the same things. he wouldn't have gone forward -- actually, he may have gone forward to health care because the "usa today" op-ed in 2009 told barack obama you need to have an vidindividual mandate. >> there's not a big difference between these two guys. for my republican friends that get mad when i say that, go look at his record. it's right there. he's not a conservative. >> look, i mean how he governed in massachusetts. the health care law was the predecessor for obama care, right? romney came in, inherited a bad economic situation, talked about how he had to turn it around which is what obama is doing. h
reagan versus jimmy carter. >> it's a game of inches here. >> ronald reagan versus gerald ford in 1976. a campaign you can get really excited about. it's just not huge differences. by the way, i can say without a doubt that if mitt romney were sitting in barack obama's chair, on january 20th, he would have done a lot of the same things on the bailouts, a lot of the same things with detroit, he just would have. you know why? because george w. bush -- >> did a lot -- >>...
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reagan would be pushed to the sidelines in today's republican party. >> ronald reagan, who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, that for him to make a deal, he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases. did it multiple times. he could not get through a republican primary today. >> and when it came to specific policy differences, president obama -- >> hold on a second. i'm sorry. >> this is the best part right here. it's coming up. >> he's no better at constitutional law than he is at republican politics. >> oh, please. he spoke about that too. i'll get there. >> barack obama is the expert on who can win a republican primary today? >> you simmer down. stop. >> i'm relaxed. i don't say -- i have never once -- never once have you heard me say that anything that barack obama supports is, quote, radical vision for america. >> right. ok. >> and goes against everything -- what did he say? goes against everything -- >> well, you haven't talked about the ryan budget then. >> ant
reagan would be pushed to the sidelines in today's republican party. >> ronald reagan, who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, that for him to make a deal, he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases. did it multiple times. he could not get through a republican primary today. >> and when it came to specific policy differences, president obama -- >> hold on a...